Parklands Community Primary SchoolSt. Joseph's Infant School

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side in Chichester.

Summary of the comparison

Parklands Community Primary School and St. Joseph's Infant School are primary schools in Chichester.

  • Parklands Community Primary School scores 46 out of 100 (grade D, below average) and St. Joseph's Infant School scores 57 out of 100 (grade C, average). St. Joseph's Infant School is ahead on our composite score.

  • Parklands Community Primary School was judged Good and St. Joseph's Infant School was judged Good.

  • The share of pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 has risen at Parklands Community Primary School (58.0% in 2022-23, 65.0% in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

Parklands Community Primary School versus St. Joseph's Infant School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure ChichesterParklands Community Primary SchoolChichesterSt. Joseph's Infant SchoolEngland average
Overview
Our scoreD46/100C57/100Stronger figure
Local ranking145th of 218 in West Sussex Stronger figure214th of 218 in West Sussex
InspectionOfsted: GoodOfsted: Good
School typeCommunity school Academy converter
PhasePrimary Primary
Age range4-11 2-7
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll430 152
Capacity436 135
LocationChichester, PO19 3AG Chichester, PO19 1DQ
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standard65.0% Not reported62.0%
At higher standard8.0% Not reported8.0%
Reading average scaled score106.0 Not reported106.0
Maths average scaled score104.0 Not reported105.0
Pupils
Pupils in the census430 152
Free school meals (ever 6)22.3% 27.6%
English as an additional language11.4% 28.3%
SEN support17.0% 12.5%
SEN with an EHC plan6.7% 2.0%
Attendance
Overall absence4.8% Stronger figure9.2% 6.2%
Persistent absence12.2% Stronger figure32.0% 15.8%

marks the stronger figure on measures with a clear direction. Rows describing a school's intake, such as free school meals, English as an additional language and SEN, carry no marker: they describe who a school serves, not how well it serves them.

Historical trends

Each solid line is one school; the dashed line is the national average.

Overall absence

Free school meal eligibility (ever 6)

Pupils on roll

Ethnicity over time

One panel per school: the largest groups across this comparison, one colour per group, on a shared scale.

Parklands Community Primary School

St. Joseph's Infant School

Full profiles: Parklands Community Primary School · St. Joseph's Infant School